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Applied Geomatics

Springer Verlag · Germany · Est. 2009

ISSN1866-9298eISSN1866-928X

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.52

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.949

Total Worksi

705

Total Citationsi

11,252

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.85

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Remote Sensing; Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous); Engineering (miscellaneous); Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Geography, Planning and Development.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 66 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications705

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1866-9298 / 1866-928X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

925

2019

1.3k

2020

966

2021

914

2022

518

2023

294

2024

141

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Remote Sensing

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Engineering (miscellaneous)Geography, Planning and Development

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

3D Surveying and Cultural HeritageRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsFlood Risk Assessment and ManagementLand Use and Ecosystem ServicesRemote Sensing in AgricultureGroundwater and Watershed AnalysisRemote-Sensing Image ClassificationGNSS positioning and interferenceGeographic Information Systems StudiesHydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Frequently asked questions about Applied Geomatics

Is Applied Geomatics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Applied Geomatics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Applied Geomatics?

Applied Geomatics is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.85.

Is Applied Geomatics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Applied Geomatics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Applied Geomatics?